Bug#1110938: apt autoremove remove network-manager-gnome and netwok-manager-applet after migration to trixie

[Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>]

Antoine, could you elaborate why you marked this as critical?



On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:28:27 +0200 arnault perret <contact@arpinux.org> 
wrote:
> Package: upgrade-reports
>
> Hello,
>
> following the Debian Trixie release-notes instructions, i've upgraded
> Debian 12 Bookworm (Gnome session installed with netinst) to Trixie.
>
> After reboot, i've performed the `apt autoremove` command listed on
> the release-notes instructions.
> it causes the removal of 'network-manager-gnome' and 
> 'network-manager-applet' installed during the full-upgrade.
>
> again following release-notes instructions, you'll find 4 attached files 
> compressed before and after the full-upgrade process :
> - /var/lib/dpkg/status
> - /var/lib/apt/extended_states
> - /var/log/apt/term.log
> - /var/log/apt/history.log
>
> 1 : fresh-install.tar.xz included the 4 files mentionned in gzip format 
> and archived just after a fresh install of Debian 12 Bookworm from netinst
>
> 2 : after-full-upgrade-autoremove-purge-o.tar.xz inculded the 4 files 
> mentionned in gzip format just after the full-upgrade, autoremove, purge 
> '~o' commands.
>
> the solution i've performed was to `apt-mark manual 
> network-manager-applet` to preserve it from autoremove.
>
> On XFCE and MATE sessions, same behaviour, but `apt autoremove` also 
> removed 'nm-connection-editor'.
>
> Please ask if you need other files.
>
> Thanks for your work and conributions to Debian and Free Softwares
>
> Cheers
> arnault perret

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